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Morning Five: 06.18.10 Edition

Santa Clara head coach Kerry Keating is requesting that his fellow coaches go “hands-free” this summer (not texting and driving) in light of a recent accident where a young girl was killed on her bicycle by such a driver. This is something we can get on board with, and we hope that other coaches (and readers) will take it to note. If you must text, do it while the light is red.

Is the Big 12 sticking at ten for the time being, or will they look at adding someone like, say, Houston? Texas legislators are pushing for this addition, and with the unbelievable power that the state’s flagship university now holds over the conference, we’d never say never. But honestly, we’re not really seeing this as a realistic possibility. UT wants all that Big 12 money for themselves.

As for the Mountain West, they’re sticking at nine for now after adding Boise State but losing Utah in the past two weeks. Even with the loss of Utah, this league has really started to separate itself as the top mid-major league (if you can even call it that) in both football and basketball.

Bill Russell and KC Jones aren’t walking through that door. No, this isn’t a reference to the Boston Celtics but rather the San Francisco Dons, who found themselves with a two-year probation that will not include a postseason ban. The issue was that several athletes spent their scholarship money on non-required textbooks and school supplies. And… we’re not sure what the problem is.

This article is an interesting look-back at the decisionBilly Donovan made three years ago to stay at Florida instead of leaving for the Orlando Magic, but it hasn’t all been peaches and cream in Gainesville, while the Magic have become one of the better teams in the NBA (predictable three years ago given the Dwight Howard factor). Many folks have Florida with all five starters returning as a top 10-15 squad next season, but this particular college-to-pro situation might have actually worked out.